Final presentation of a very busy and educational day with BDA Mental Health Specialist Group #MHSGStudyDay2024 👏🏻👏🏻

A good day of writing at the NHS R&D North West #WriteHereRightNow workshop and my abstract for the British Dietetic Association research symposium is nearly ready 🤞🏻

Can’t wait to read this and share with patients ⬇️

Breaking news in  🇬🇧: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has approved  semaglutide for a new purpose – to help reduce the risk of heart problems in people with #CVD +#obesity or #BMI over 27 theguardian.com/society/articl… The Guardian MHRAgovuk Association for the Study of Obesity UK ECPO

Due to the situation described in this The BMJ article, sadly the Specialist Weight Management I work for has been decommissioned from the end of the year. For more information and to be involved in the GM review of services, the link is here: gmintegratedcare.org.uk/swms/

The pilot scheme for making the weight loss drug #semaglutide (Wegovy) more widely available could be scrapped, as the new government reviews how to roll out obesity treatment across England bmj.com/content/386/bm…

At the BDA Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Group #BDApengstudyday which had started with Linda Cantwell MSc RD AdP launching the electronic pocket guide!

Moving into the BDA Maternal & Fertility Nutrition Group BDA Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Group session, Catherine Gallagher Liverpool Women's University Hospital presents an excellent overview of nutritional requirements in pregnancy #bdapengstudyday

Now a presentation from BDA Maternal & Fertility Nutrition Group Kate Maslin PhD RD on the dietitians role in treating Hyperemesis Gravidarum #bdapengstudyday

Highlighting the collaboration between BDA Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Group and BDA Maternal & Fertility Nutrition Group with speakers exploring parenteral and enteral nutrition in pregnancy #bdapengstudyday

Really looking forward to attending this online today ⬇️

Sad I can’t be at the British Dietetic Association research symposium in person, but 🤞🏻 my #weightmanagement and #fertility abstract recording works in the BDA Maternal & Fertility Nutrition Group stream! Looking forward to following the research happening in dietetics online today 👀

🤩 We’re so excited for today’s #BDAResearch Symposium - set to be our biggest one ever, with more than 100 abstract presenters sharing their dietetic research!

Somehow seemed to have missed the scoping review I was lucky enough to be involved with has been published in BMJ_Open . The review looks at psychological interventions in weight reduction: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjope… Thanks Dr Oliver Hamer @UniLancs for including me!

The NICE Maternal and child nutrition: nutrition & weight management in pregnancy, & nutrition in children up to 5 years NICE guideline [NG247] have been published today. Evidence for folic acid has been reviewed nice.org.uk/guidance/ng247

Spending this sunny afternoon at the NHS Greater Manchester Diabetes Clinical Network Meeting - interested to see next steps in terms of T2DM Structured Education in GM

Really enjoyed to listening to this in the car this morning as a refresher on the CPD audit process ready for next year! Motivated to spend some time this afternoon updating the CPD log. Thanks for creating these podcasts 😊

Starting three day educator online training with X-PERT Health today and delighted to see all the mentions of the Stockport NHS FT team in the 2024 Audit Report, including educator of the year for the amazing Pat 💎

Amazing two day course on structured education in T1 DM hosted by University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust BDEC UHD Therapies (also on Bluesky) Enthusiastic, experienced and pioneering facilitators and fab fellow attendees 😊 Look forward to using this knowledge Stockport NHS FT

The golden era of type 1 diabetes treatment has begun - finally, we have the first of, hopefully, many treatments to address the immune dysfunction at the root of the condition 🙌🏻